Mobility and screening effect in heavily doped accumulation-mode metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors

Measurements made on heavily doped n-channel accumulation-mode planar metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) reveal that the channel mobility can reach values significantly higher than the bulk mobility at the same doing level. This effect is attributed to a screening effect: in the accumulation channel, the high concentration of the majority carriers brings about an electrostatic screening effect that reduces impurity coulomb scattering. As a result, mobility values that can reach twice the value expected in the bulk material are observed in the accumulation channel.

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